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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSometimes, you really can't make this shit up...
Grover Norquist Verified account
@GroverNorquist
An armed people are a free people.
If our forefathers were not armed before the American Revolution we would all be speaking English today.
@GroverNorquist
An armed people are a free people.
If our forefathers were not armed before the American Revolution we would all be speaking English today.
https://twitter.com/grovernorquist/status/683425783470239744
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Sometimes, you really can't make this shit up... (Original Post)
YoungDemCA
Jan 2016
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KentuckyWoman
(7,411 posts)1. Snort
Though to be fair as one of my kin states, We speak American. English sounds too gay. So Norquist is getting a double dog whistle in on that one.
ljm2002
(10,751 posts)2. Well, as George Bernard Shaw (might have) said...
..."The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language."
dixiegrrrrl
(60,169 posts)3. My god...I checked his account....
This is no joke.
3catwoman3
(29,726 posts)4. What can one possibly say in the face...
...of such ignorance.
Years ago, the wife of a minister, who was, herself, not traditionally religious, told us about a member of her now-ex-husband's congregation who did not approve of foreign languages being taught in American schools. This doofus' rationale was, "If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me."
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)5. And drinking English tea, instead of good American coffee!
Huh, that's actually his account, and not a satire.
Vinca
(54,279 posts)6. Ummm . . . we are speaking English, Grover.
The only thing that has changed is some of us wish we lived in England where there are far fewer guns.
sonofspy777
(360 posts)7. and better healthcare!
Wish we had "The National" here!